Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
  • A63B21/012—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using frictional force-resisters
  • A63B21/0125—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using frictional force-resisters with surfaces rolling against each other without substantial slip
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
  • A63B21/00058—Mechanical means for varying the resistance
  • A63B21/00069—Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
  • A63B69/16—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for cycling, i.e. arrangements on or for real bicycles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for regulating the braking of a wheel mounted in a stationary or stationary machine.
• a roller According to a first braking mode (CH-616,850, US-4,079,931, 4,206,914), use is made of a roller.
• this roller rotates around an axis of a support associated with the frame of the machine by counteracting the action of a brake shoe bearing on the roller under the action of a member of adjustment associated with the support
• the roller presses on the wheel under the action of an adjusting member so as to deform it more or less deeply and thereby cause more or less braking. less energetic.
• the adjustment member consists of a screw-nut system on which the user acts by hand whenever he deems it useful and with a force that he appreciates.
• the tensioning means consists of a cam and the adjustment member consists of a step-by-step control of its rotation.
• This step-by-step control consists of a toothed wheel, the teeth of which cooperate with one of the cranks of the crankset, for each passage of this crank, rotate the toothed wheel which is connected to the cam by an adequate transmission. like a worm wheel.
• the tensioning means consists of a pusher and its regulating member in an electromagnetic control, the supply of which takes place by programmable means. If this embodiment allows rapid modifications of the braking conditions, it however calls for very expensive means by reserving the use to a few specialists.
• a result which the invention aims to obtain is a method and means of regulation which are applicable both to stationary machines and to mobile machines and which allow in a simple and inexpensive manner, the automatic regulation of braking as a function of the distance at least theoretically traveled in order to simulate a route in which different sections of predetermined length have a different profile.
• Another result which the invention aims to obtain is a process implemented by means independent of the machine and which, without transformation, are adaptable to the capacities of the user. To this end, it relates to a method of regulating a bicycle wheel mounted in the frame of a machine.
• a totalizing counter which in known manner comprises mechanical members driven in rotation by the bicycle wheel, such as knobs each displaying one of the digits of the distance theoretically traveled and,
• control means for controlling the member for adjusting the action of the braking means are adapted, these control means being shaped and adapted to the members in such a way that, . during the regulation phase:
• FIG. 1 in partial view, a bicycle equipped with the means according to the invention
• FIG. 2 on a larger scale, the means according to the invention seen in isolation
• the machine 1 which can be mobile or stationary, comprises at least one frame 2 in which is mounted in particular a wheel 3, driven in rotation about its axis 4 by a transmission 5 taking its movement on a crankset 6.
• the frame 2 On the frame 2 are also mounted means 7 comprising:
• means 8 for counting and totaling the distance at least theoretically traveled and,
• these braking means are of course added to the braking means.
• the counting and totalizing means 8 comprise a totalizing counter 10 with its mechanical counting members
• this connection to the wheel operates indirectly via a roller 13 which by friction on the wheel is rotated about its axis 14 on which is mounted a transmission 15 of this rotation to the shaft
• the counter 10 is fixed on a support 16 secured to the frame 2 of the machine and, in which support 16 is guided in rotation the axis 14 of the roller 13.
• the means 9 for braking the wheel 3 comprise at least one braking element 17 and a member 18 for adjusting its action with their support 16 secured to the frame.
• the braking element 17 consists of a pad and this pad is carried by the arm 19 of a lever constituting the adjustment member 18, which lever is articulated around an axis 20 carried by support 16.
• the lever 18 includes another arm 21 by which one acts to control the adjustment.
• the pad 17 acts on the wheel 3 indirectly, by means of a roller 13 which by friction on the wheel 3 is rotated about an axis 14 of the support 16 while counteracting the action of the braking pad. 17 bearing on said roller under the control of the age management body.
• the support 16 is common to the counting means 8 and to the braking means 9 and this in order to facilitate the mechanical connection of these means in the manner described below.
• roller 13 is preferably common to these means 8, .9 for counting and braking.
• control means 22, 23 of the member for adjusting the action of the braking means are adapted, these control means 22, 23 being shaped and adapted to organs 11 so that,
• the adjustments are made before adaptation of the support 16 on the machine 1.
• the means for the implementation of this method therefore comprise, adapted on at least some of the mechanical counting organs 11, means 22, 23 cooperating with the adjusting member 18, braking means for controlling the action in one direction and with an intensity corresponding to the braking to be obtained.
• these control means consist of cams 22 of predetermined profiles attached to the mechanical counting members 11 and on the path 24 of which cams 22 bears a probe 25 carried by the end of an arm 26 d 'a lever 27 articulated around an axis 28 carried by the support 16 while the other arm 29 of this lever, whether directly or by means of at least one other lever, acts on the control arm 21 of the adjusting member 18 of the braking means 17.
• the means 23 each consist of a drum 30 to the periphery of which is fixed a plurality of bosses 31 and this by means 32 for adjusting the distance between each of the vertices 33 of the bosses and the axis 34 of the drum 30.
• these adjustment means consist of threaded holes in the drum and receiving threaded rods whose heads produce the bosses.
• bosses each produce a fraction of a path of variable profile read as the path of the cam 22.
• each control means 22, 23 cooperates with a different feeler 25 carried by a lever 27 which is provided therewith.
• the assembly therefore comprises at least two levers 27 which act concurrently on the adjustment member.
• these levers 27 can be, in particular beyond a certain amplitude of movement, secured by a connecting member (not shown), such as a needle screw carried transversely by one of the levers and the end of which is engaged in a conical bore reserved in the other lever.
• a connecting member such as a needle screw carried transversely by one of the levers and the end of which is engaged in a conical bore reserved in the other lever.
• the value of the engagement of the screw needle in the tapered bore makes it possible to adjust the value of the amplitude of the movement of the levers beyond which they will be secured.
• This arrangement allows more or less certain difficulties along a route.
• the pad 17 bears on the pad holder arm 19 by means of an adjustable stop 35 such as for example the end of a screw 36 cooperating with a hole 37 tapped in the arm 19.
• an adjustable stop 35 such as for example the end of a screw 36 cooperating with a hole 37 tapped in the arm 19.
• the device will not hinder its evolutions on the ground but will, depending on the cam profile chosen, reconstitute the effects felt during the rise of '' a false flat, a rating or simulate wind resistance, of a given circuit.
• This device will restore the attractiveness of using the bike on the Home Trainer or exercise bike which would become in bad weather a tool for maintaining physical fitness (work power and rhythm) and would avoid, during from preparation for a fitness or competition program, bad weather.
• the total counter obviously includes any known device for resetting to zero or even counting in advance to start the training cycle at another point on the fictitious course.
• roller and the brake shoe are made of materials ensuring progressive braking given their expansion.

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• Braking Arrangements (AREA)
• Regulating Braking Force (AREA)

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• 1985
  • 1985-08-30 FR FR8513044A patent/FR2586575B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
• 1986
  • 1986-08-26 EP EP86905305A patent/EP0235225A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
  • 1986-08-26 WO PCT/FR1986/000290 patent/WO1987001294A1/fr not_active Ceased
  • 1986-08-28 ES ES8601452A patent/ES2001612A6/es not_active Expired
  • 1986-08-29 PT PT83281A patent/PT83281A/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
• 1987
  • 1987-04-27 FI FI871834A patent/FI871834A0/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
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